On the foot of its last weeks announcement about its 250 million dollar plant deal, Tesla went ahead and spoke a little about its soon-to-be-launched electric car, which he termed as super-affordable and also said that the company’s connection with Daimler could possibly turn into a larger deal.
Tesla Chairman, Elon Musk said that Tesla has the ability to accelerate the auto industry’s progress toward the adoption of electric vehicles by 5 to 10 years. Lighting even that small fire could be very important if you consider what a decade of delay can do for climate change, he said.
As per his announcement, the model S sedan, which should be out next year, would have swappable batteries and envisioned battery swap stations that could offer the same convenience as visiting a gas station.
When questioned about their much talked about rivalry with Fisker, he said Fisker just chose to imitate a plan of Tesla, unfortunately the wrong one. And what does Mr. Musk have to say about the fact that 2010 is likely to see electric vehicle launches by several manufacturers? He said it would be significantly later than that before any serious contenders came onto the market.
